Diary of a philosophy student / Simone de Beauvoir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986, author.

Contributor:

Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

Klaw, Barbara, editor, translator, writer of added commentary, transcriber.

Le Bon de Beauvoir, Sylvie, editor, writer of foreword, transcriber.

Simons, Margaret A., editor.

Timmermann, Marybeth, editor.

Series:

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. Selections. English. 2004. University of Illinois Press http://viaf.org/viaf/317131582 Works.

The Beauvoir series

Standardized Title:

Carnets de jeunesse. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986--Diaries.

Beauvoir, Simone de.

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.

Genre:

French prose literature

diaries.

Diaries.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2006-

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Revelatory insights into the early life and thought of the preeminent French feminist philosopher Dating from her years as a philosophy student at the Sorbonne, this is the 1926-27 diary of the teenager who would become the famous French philosopher, author, and feminist, Simone de Beauvoir. Written years before her first meeting with Jean-Paul Sartre, these diaries reveal previously unknown details about her life and offer critical insights into her early philosophy and literary works. Presented here for the first time in translation and fully annotated, the diary is completed by essays from Barbara Klaw and Margaret A. Simons that address its philosophical, historical and literary significance. The volume represents an invaluable resource for tracing the development of Beauvoir's independent thinking and influence on the world.

V.1. Simone de Beauvoir, still a teen, began a diary while a philosophy student at the Sorbonne. Written in 1926-27--before Beauvoir met Jean-Paul Sartre--the diaries reveal previously unknown details about her life and times and offer critical insights into her early intellectual interests, philosophy, and literary works. Presented for the first time in translation, this fully annotated first volume of the Diary includes essays from Barbara Klaw and Margaret A. Simons that address its philosophical, historical, and literary significance. It remains an invaluable resource for tracing the development of Beauvoir's independent thinking and her influence on philosophy, feminism, and the world. V. 2. "That's when everything started," Simone de Beauvoir wrote in an entry dated July 8, 1929. On that day, her relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre began. This second volume of Beauvoir's Diary of a Philosophy Student takes readers into smoky dorm rooms and inter-war Paris as it continues the feminist philosopher's coming-of-age story. Here are Beauvoir's famous sparring sessions with Sartre in the Luxembourg Gardens--teasing him while stoking her burgeoning intellectual strength. Here also are her friendships and academic challenges, the discovery of important future influences like Barrès and Hegel, and her early forays into formulating the problem of the Other. In addition to the diary, the editors provide invaluable supplementary material. A trove of footnotes and endnotes elaborates on virtually every reference made by Beauvoir, offering an atlas of her knowledge and education while at the same time allowing readers to share her intellectual and cultural milieu. Translator and scholar Barbara Klaw also contributes an introduction on reading Beauvoir's diaries as a philosophy of self-help. -- Publisher

Contents:

v. 1. 1926-27.

Volume 1. 1926-27 / edited by Barbara Klaw, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, and Margaret A. Simons, with Marybeth Timmermann; foreword by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir; translations, notes, and annotations by Barbara Klaw; transcribed by Barbara Klaw and Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

volume 2. 1928-29 / edited by Barbara Klaw, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, Margaret A. Simons, and Marybeth Timmermann; foreword by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir; translations, notes, and annotations by Barbara Klaw; transcription by Barbara Klaw and Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

volume 3. 1926-1930 / edited by Barbara Klaw, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, Margaret A. Simons, and Marybeth Timmermann; foreword by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir; translations, notes, and annotations by Barbara Klaw; transcription by Barbara Klaw and Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir.

Volume 1. 1926-27. Foreword to the Beauvoir Series / Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

The Literary and Historical Context of Beauvoir's Early Writings: 1926-27 / Barbara Klaw

Beauvoir's Early Philosophy: 1926-27 / Margaret A. Simons

Diary of a Philosophy Student

August 6-December 2, 1926

April 17-October 21, 1927.

Volume 2. 1928-29. Foreword to the Beauvoir Series / Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

Introduction / Margaret A. Simons

On Reading Beauvoir's Early Writings, 1926-1930, as a Philosophy of Self-Help / Barbara Klaw

Sixth Notebook: September 27, 1928-September 12, 1929 / Simone de Beauvoir

Errata for Diarly of a Philosophy Student, Volume 1, 1926-27.

Volume 3. 1926-1930. Foreword to the Beauvoir Series / Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir

Preface / Margaret A. Simons

Reading Beauvoir's 1926-1930 student diary as adventures in literary creation / Barbara Klaw

Beauvoir and #MeToo / Margaret A. Simons

Third notebook : December 7, 1926-April 15, 1927 / Simone de Beauvoir

Fifth notebook : October 21, 1927-August 30, 1928 / Simone de Beauvoir

Seventh notebook : September 15, 1929-October 31, 1930 / Simone de Beauvoir.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780252031427

0252031423

9780252042546

0252042549

9780252085918

0252085914

9780252045646

0252045645

OCLC:

70251151

Online:

Publisher description

Publisher description (v.1)